Watee-elevator



e. I BARNETT. WATER ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. I919.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

GRADY L. BARNETT, OF STRATFORD, TEXAS.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

Application filed May 19, 1919.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Stratford, in the county of Sherman and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVater-Elevators, of which the following is a specification.

Pumps employed in arid districts for 11'- rigating purposes are generally of a complicated nature, extremely costly in manufacture and installation, frequently become disordered. which requires a great amount of time and labor for the making of the proper repairs, and in other respects present deficiencies.

The main objection, however, to such class of pumps is the high cost in purchase, opera tion and maintenance, and it may therefore be considered the primary object of the present invention to produce a high power water elevating means which will insure a steady and voluminous flow of water that may be manufactured and installed coniparatively cheap and which entirely dispens-es with the reciprocatory pistons, the massive framework on the ground surface and the intricate mechanism for operating the pistons.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to close the well above the water level, to force a volume of air continuously in the water compartment, to provide an outlet pipe for the water leading through the closure and to provide means in said outlet pipe, operative exteriorly of the well for imparting a rotary or centrifugal motion to assist in raising the water through the outlet pipe.

Other objects and advantages of my improvement will appear as the nature thereof is more fully understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which there is illustrated a simple and satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice, it being understood, however, that the nature of the invention is such as to render the same susceptible to all such modifications as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation, parts being broken away and parts being in section, illustrating the improvement.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view through the lower portion or mouth of the water outlet pipe.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

Serial no. 298,064.

lVhile in arid districts the earths surface is dry and will not accommodate vegeta tion, a great amount or volume of water is always found at suitable distances below the earths surface whereby the ground may be properly irrigated and vegetation assured.

As disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawing I dig a well which is indicated by the numeral 5. Preferably I bore the earth at the sides of the well to provide veins 6 which assist in supplying water to the well. In this manner water is continuously maintained at a desired level.

In the well. above the veins and above the water level I insert a doine-like cap member 7. The side flange 8 of the member 7 frictionally engages with the sides of the well, but other means may be provided to insure the proper retension of the cap member in the well and to provide a compartment 9 therein which is sealed to the outer atmosphere.

On the surface of the earth, adjacent or to one side of the well is an air storage tank 10. Means (not shown) is provided for maintaining a desired volume of compressed air in the tank 10. Leading from the tank 10 is a valved pipe 11 connected by a suitable elbow to a vertically disposed pipe 12 that passes through the cap plate 7 and enters the compartment 9 of the well.

By regulating the valve, which is indicated by the numeral 13 air from the tank 10 is admitted in the compartment 9 in desired volumes.

The water outlet pipe is indicated by the numeral 1d and passes centrally through the cap 7 and through the well. The lower end of the pipe 14 is disposed a considerable and suitable distance above the bottom of the well and the said end has secured thereto a collar 15 that is supported on the upper end of a substantially L-shaped or angle frame 16. Passing through the longitudinal branch 17 of the frame 16, in a suitable bearing opening in the upper end of the said branch is a vertically disposed rod or shaft 18. The shaft passes through suitable bearing lugs 19 on one side of the outlet pipe 1e and also through a packing box 20 in the cap plate 7. The uppermost bearing for the shaft 17 is in the nature of an angle member, being located at the ground level and designated, for distinction by the numeral 21. On the outer end of the shaft 18 is a pinion 22 that meshes \vitha similar pinion 23 on a shaft 24;, the said shaft finding a bearing in an ope .ing through the angle arm of the bracket 21. This shaft is connected with any desired mechanism (not shown) whereby a rotary motion is imparted thereto, and the turning of the shaft 2% will, of course, likewise revolve the shaft 18. On the portion of the shaft 18 received in the ire; ie 16 there is secured a toothed wheel 25 that meshes With a smaller toothed wheel 36. This last mentioned toothed Wheel 26 is secured on a shaft i? that find suitable hearings 8 in the frame 16. The shat't 27 disposed centrally with respect to the bore of the outlet pipe 1% and has its upper end received in the lower portion of the Water outlet pipe ll. On the said end of the shaft 27 is a pump This pump is of the propeller or fan blade type, and, of course, the rota tion of the shaft 18 through the medium of the interengagement of the gears or toothed Wheels '25 or 26 Will impart a rotary movement to the pump, and consequently iiaterially assist the compress d air in the compartment 9 raising the Water through the outlet pipe 14-. The water is ele ated in a continuous flow and at a great volume. The construction is simple and may be easily installed. Unly few parts are employed and none of these parts are susceptible to breakage or disarrangemout, and it is believed that the operation and advantages tile construction. will be fully apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain Without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is 1 1. In a Water elevating means, a Well sealed ahove the Water level to provide an air compartment, an outlet pipe eXten g through the Well and communicating with the Water therein, means "for admit-ting air under pressure into the air compartment, a pump in the outlet pipe below the water level, and means operative exteriorly of the Well for operating said pump.

-teriorly of the Well t'or imparting motion to said pump.

Ina means tor clevating Water at a continuous and steady flow, a Well, cap plate secured therein above the Water level and providing the lower portion 01 the Well with an air compartment, an outlet pipe passing through the cap plate and through the Well, a frame on the bottom thereof rest ng on the bottom oi? the Well, means for admitting air under pressure into the air compartment, regulating means therefor, a rotary pump in the lower end of the outlet pipe, and means operative exteriorly oi" the well for imparting motion to the pump.

l. In a means for elevating Water "from a. well in a steady continuous flow, comprising a cap plate in the Well above the Water level and prm-iding an air compartment thoreheloiv, an air tank eXt-eriorly oi the well, means for compressing air therein, a pipe connection between the tank and the air. compartment, a valve controlling said pipe, :1 water outlet pipe in the Well passing through the cap plate, a frame secured to the lower end of said pipe and resting on the bottom of the Well, a rotary pump in the bottom of the water outlet pipe, a shaft therefor journaled in hearings in the frame, a toothed wheel on said shaft, a. seeone shatt iournaled in hearings in the frame and to one side or" the outlet pipe, toothed "wheel on this shaft meshing with the first mentioned toothed Wheel, and means arranged exteriorly of the Well for imparting motion to the last mentioned shaft.

ln'testimony whereof I alliX my signature.

GRADY L. BARNETT. 

